ACT80GOl86
DICTATION TO CUT CORRESPONDENCE COSTS
ANON
THE ACCOUNTANT, VOL.183 NO.5503. JULY 31, 1980 P 186
0822: 0884: 0073: 1020
OFFICE: OFFICE EQUIPMENT: AUTOMATION: WORD PROCESSING
JOURNAL
ACCOUNTANTS DO QUITE A BIT OF WORD PROCESSING. WHETHER THEY DO IT BY HAND OR WITH A MEMORY TYPEWRITER IF THE END RESULT IS STILL THE SAME. MUCH OF THE CORRESPONDENCE IS REPETITIVE. SO A BOOK OF STANDARD TEXTS WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL ACCOUNTANTS WOULD NOT HAVE TO DICTATE LETTERS IN FULL BUT COULD REFER TO CERTAIN LETTERS AND PARAGRAPHS IN
THE STANDARD TEXT.

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ACT80GO184
SOME PROBLEMS AHEAD
ANON
THE ACCOUNTANT VOL 183, NO. 5503, JULY 31, 1980 P. 184-185.
0822: 0884: 0073: 0662: 0497
OFFICE: OFFICE EQUIPMENT: AUTOMATION: EFFICIENCY: COMPUTER
JOURNAL
WHEN OFFICES USE THE LATEST ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS THAT MAY BE ENCOUNTERED. THERE ARE NO STRAIGHTFORWARD
SOLUTIONS TO AUTHENTICATING A SIGNATURE WHEN MAIL IS SENT ELECTRONICALLY. ANOTHER PROBLEM FACING AUDITORS IS THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE INFORMATION IN COMPUTER RECORDS - AN UNSCRUPULOUS BUSINESSMAN COULD CHEAT ON THE BOOKS USING A COMPUTER EASIER THAN HE COULD ON A MANUAL SYSTEM.